Smart street parking meter, smart street parking management system, and smart street parking fee payment method

ABSTRACT

A smart street parking management system includes a smart street parking meter a smart cloud parking management server connected to the smart street parking meter through a wireless networking technology and configured to regularly receive parking information of a vehicle parked on a smart street parking grid and status information of the smart street parking meter uploaded by the smart street parking meter. The status information of the smart street parking meter includes an empty-space status of the street parking grid detected by the smart street parking meter and a battery status of a rechargeable battery of the smart street parking meter. The parking information of the vehicle includes the plate number of the vehicle, the parking fee of the vehicle, and a payment status of the parking fee of the vehicle.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a street parking meter, a parkingmanagement system and a parking fee payment method, and moreparticularly to a smart street parking meter, a smart parking managementsystem and a smart parking fee payment method that can provide smartmanagement through the Internet of Things technology.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The current street parking system is mainly based on manual feecollection or pay by vehicle owners at the payment machine. For example,in Taiwan, the parking bill is sandwiched between the windshield and thewiper and may disappear due to wind, which may cause the vehicle ownerto be charged an additional fee due to the overdue. In the U.S., thevehicle owner must go to the payment machine for paying by coin orcredit card, which may cause the vehicle owner spend extra time.

Therefore, in order to reduce the labor cost, manual billing errors andfacilitate vehicle owners, the important topics in this technical fieldis how to introduce the street parking management system, an applicationfor drivers to search for street parking grids and the digital paymenttechnology to pay parking fees, thereby achieving some advantages suchas recording the vehicle information of vehicles parked on the streetparking grid and managing the status of the street parking grids,reducing labor costs, assisting drivers to quickly search for parkingspaces to reduce vehicle pollution, and providing drivers with multipleways to pay parking fees to reduce payment time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the present invention provides a smart street parkingmeter, which includes an integrated artificial intelligence recognitionmodule, a central processing unit, a near-end payment circuit, a touchscreen, a wireless networking circuit and a power supply circuit. Theintegrated artificial intelligence recognition module is configured todetect a vehicle parked on at least one street parking grid. Theintegrated artificial intelligence recognition module includes a radardetection circuit, a lidar detection circuit and an image recognitioncircuit. The integrated artificial intelligence recognition moduleselects at least one of the radar detection circuit, the lidar detectioncircuit and the image recognition circuit to detect the vehicle parkedon the at least one street parking grid. The central processing unit isconnected to the integrated artificial intelligence recognition moduleand configured to calculate a parking time from when the vehicle isparked on the at least one street parking grid to when the vehicleleaves the at least one street parking grid and convert the parking timeof the vehicle into a parking fee of the vehicle. The near-end paymentcircuit is connected to the central processing unit and configured toidentify a plate number of the vehicle parked on the at least one streetparking grid and pay the parking fee for the vehicle. The touch screenis connected to the central processing unit and configured to displayparking information of the vehicle and provide a driver of the vehicleto select a near-end payment method for the parking fee of the vehicle.The wireless networking circuit is connected to the central processingunit and configured to regularly upload the parking information of thevehicle and status information of the smart street parking meter to asmart cloud parking management server through a wireless networkingtechnology to record the parking information of the vehicle and thestatus information of the smart street parking meter, and the powersupply circuit is connected to and configured to provide power to theintegrated artificial intelligence identification module, the centralprocessing unit, the near-end payment circuit, the touch screen and thewireless networking circuit.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a smart streetparking management system, which includes at least one aforementionedsmart street parking meter and the aforementioned smart cloud parkingmanagement server. The smart cloud parking management server isconnected to the at least one smart street parking meter through thewireless networking technology and configured to regularly receive theparking information of the vehicle parked on the at least one smartstreet parking grid and the status information of the at least one smartstreet parking meter uploaded by the at least one smart street parkingmeter to record the parking information of the vehicle and the statusinformation of the at least one smart street parking meter. The statusinformation of the at least one smart street parking meter includes anempty-space status of the at least one street parking grid detected bythe at least one smart street parking meter and a battery status of arechargeable battery of the at least one smart street parking meter. Theparking information of the vehicle includes the plate number of thevehicle, the parking fee of the vehicle, and a payment status of theparking fee of the vehicle.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a smart streetparking fee payment method, which is applicable to the aforementionedsmart street parking management system. The smart street parking feepayment method includes steps of: determining that the vehicle is parkedon the at least one street parking grid and switching the at least onesmart street parking meter from a sleep mode to an operating mode;initializing the at least one smart street parking meter; identifyingthe plate number of the vehicle parked on the at least one streetparking grid; calculating the parking time of the vehicle parked on theat least one street parking grid; determining that the vehicle leavesthe at least one street parking grid; converting the parking time of thevehicle into the parking fee for the vehicle; determining that theparking fee for the vehicle has been paid through the near-end paymentmethod and uploading the plate number of the vehicle, the parking feefor the vehicle, and the payment status of the parking fee for thevehicle; and switching the at least one smart street parking meter tothe sleep mode from the operating mode when it is determined that novehicle is parked on the at least one street parking grid.

In order to make the above and other objects, features and advantages ofthe present invention become more apparent and obvious, the preferredembodiments will be described in detail with reference to theaccompanying drawings hereinafter.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings are included to provide a furtherunderstanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute apart of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of theinvention and, together with the description, serve to explain theprinciples of the invention.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a smart street parking managementsystem according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of a smart street parking meteraccording to an embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a smart street parking fee payment methodaccording to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The present invention will now be described more specifically withreference to the following embodiments. It is to be noted that thefollowing descriptions of preferred embodiments of this invention arepresented herein for purpose of illustration and description only. It isnot intended to be exhaustive or to be limited to the precise formdisclosed.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a smart street parking managementsystem according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown inFIG. 1 , the smart street parking management system 1 provided by anembodiment of the present invention includes at least one smart streetparking meter 2, a smart cloud parking management server 3, and at leastone smart handheld device 5. The smart cloud parking management server 3is connected to the at least one smart street parking meter 2 through awireless networking technology 4. In this embodiment, the at least onesmart street parking meter 2 is exemplified by only one smart streetparking meter 2, but the present invention does not limit the quantityof the at least one smart street parking meter 2. In this embodiment,the smart street parking meter 2 is configured to record parkinginformation of a vehicle parked on at least one street parking grid andstatus information of the smart street parking meter 2 itself and uploadthe parking information of the vehicle parked on the at least one streetparking zone and the status information of the smart street parkingmeter 2 itself to the smart cloud parking management server 3 throughthe wireless networking technology 4. Each smart street parking meter 2can detect two or more vehicles. In this embodiment, the smart streetparking meter 2 only detects one vehicle as an example, but the presentinvention is not limited thereto. The smart cloud parking managementserver 3 receives the parking information of the vehicle parked on thestreet parking grid and the status information of the smart streetparking meter 2 uploaded by this smart street parking meter 2 throughthe wireless networking technology 4 and records the parking informationof the vehicle parked on the street parking grid and the statusinformation of this smart street parking meter 2. The wirelessnetworking technology 4 is, for example, the Internet of Things (IoT)technology or other wireless communication technologies, preferably theInternet of Things technology. The wireless networking technology 4 isconfigured to achieve the connection between the smart cloud managementserver 3 and the smart street parking meter 2, and the present inventiondoes not limit the wireless networking technology.

It is to be noted that the status information of the smart streetparking meter 2 includes an empty-space status of the street parkinggrid detected by this smart street parking meter 2, a battery status ofa rechargeable battery of this smart street parking meter 2, and/or aworking status of the modules and circuits in this smart street parkingmeter 2, so that the smart cloud parking management server 3 caneffectively manage the status of the smart street parking meter 2,thereby facilitating the subsequent manual maintenance, repair,replacement, etc. The parking information of a vehicle parked on thestreet parking grid includes the plate number of the vehicle, theparking fee for the vehicle, the payment status of the parking fee forthe vehicle, the style, type, parking frequency of the vehicle, thepayment method for the driver of the vehicles and/or the parking feediscounts, etc., so that the smart cloud parking management server 3 caneffectively manage the payment status of the vehicle parked on thestreet parking grid.

In this embodiment, the at least one smart handheld device 5 of thesmart street parking management system 1 is held by a driver of thevehicle. The at least one smart handheld device 5 has an applicationprovided by the smart cloud parking management server 3, so that thedriver of the vehicle can connect to the smart cloud parking managementserver 3 through the application provided by the smart cloud parkingmanagement server 3 in the at least one smart handheld device 5 to querythe empty-space status of the street parking grid detected by the atleast one smart street parking meter 2. Then, the smart street parkingmanagement system 1 searches for the nearest street parking grid havingthe empty-space status according to the location of the vehicle orsearches for the street parking grid having the empty-space statusaccording to the conditions set by the driver. Finally, the smart cloudparking management server 3 guides the driver of the vehicle to thestreet parking grid having the empty-space status to park the vehicle.

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of a smart street parking meteraccording to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the smart street parking meter 2 provided by an embodiment of thepresent invention includes an integrated artificial intelligencerecognition module 21, a central processing unit 22, a near-end paymentcircuit 23, a touch screen 24, a wireless networking circuit 25 and apower supply circuit 26.

The integrated artificial intelligence recognition module 21 isconfigured to detect the vehicle parked on the street parking grid. Theintegrated artificial intelligence recognition module 21 includes aradar detection circuit 211, a lidar detection circuit 212 and an imagerecognition circuit 213. The integrated artificial intelligencerecognition module 21 uses at least one of the radar detection circuit211, the lidar detection circuit 212 and the image recognition circuit213 to detect the vehicle parked on the street parking grid, and mayfurther detect the style and type of the vehicle, such as sedan cars,RVs, trucks, motorcycles, etc. It is to be noted that most of the streetparking grids detected by the integrated artificial intelligencerecognition module 21 are open-air street parking grids. Therefore, inorder to overcome weather and time factors, the integrated artificialintelligence recognition module 21 combines the radar detection circuit211, the lidar detection circuit 212 and the image recognition circuit213 to detect vehicle parked on the street parking grid. For example,the integrated artificial intelligence recognition module 21 selects thelidar detection circuit 212 and/or the image recognition circuit 213 todetect the vehicle parked on the street parking grid when the weathercondition is rainy and there is a vehicle parked on the street parkinggrid; and the integrated artificial intelligence recognition module 21selects the radar detection circuit 211 and/or the image identificationcircuit 213 to detect the vehicle parked on the street parking grid whenthe time status is the evening sunset and there is a vehicle parked onthe street parking grid. The aforementioned integrated artificialintelligence identification module 21 selecting different detectioncircuits and/or identification circuits to detect whether there is avehicle parked on the street parking grid according to theabove-mentioned weather and time factors is only an example. Theintegrated artificial intelligence identification module 21 may furtherselect different detection circuits and/or identification circuits todetect whether there is a vehicle parked on the street parking gridaccording to different environmental conditions, and the presentinvention is not limited thereto. In other words, in order to detectwhether there is a vehicle parked on the street parking grid, theintegrated artificial intelligence recognition module 21 can select atleast one of the radar detection circuit 211, the lidar detectioncircuit 212 and the image recognition circuit 213 to detect the vehicleparked on the street parking grid according to different weather, timefactors and/or environmental factors.

The central processing unit 22 is connected to the integrated artificialintelligence recognition module 21. The central processing unit 22 isconfigured to calculate a parking time from the time when the vehicle isparked on the street parking grid to the time when the vehicle leavesthe street parking grid, obtain the corresponding unit price of theparking fee of the vehicle according to the style or type of thevehicle, and convert the parking time of the vehicle into a parking feeof the vehicle.

The near-end payment circuit 23 is connected to the central processingunit 22. The near-end payment circuit 23 is configured to identify theplate number of a vehicle parked on the street parking grid and pay theparking fee of the vehicle. When wanting to drive the vehicle away fromthe street parking grid, the driver of the vehicle can use the near-endpayment method at the near-end payment circuit 23 of the smart streetparking meter 2 to pay the parking fee for the vehicle parked on thestreet parking grid. The near-end payment circuit 23 includes an imagerecognition circuit 233 configured to identify the plate number of avehicle parked on the street parking grid. Preferably, in order to savethe hardware space of the smart street parking meter 2, the near-endpayment circuit 23 may not include the image recognition circuit 233 butuse the image recognition circuit 213 of the integrated artificialintelligence recognition module 21 to identify the plate number of thevehicle parked on the street parking grid. In addition, the near-endpayment method may include near-field communication (NFC) technologiesand digital payment technologies such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, SamsungPay, Easy Card, All-in-One Card, credit card, and Line Pay, so that thedriver can perform the near-end payment method at the smart streetparking meter 2 for the parking fee of the vehicle parked on the streetparking grid, wherein the present invention does not limit the near-endpayment method.

The touch screen 24 is connected to the central processing unit 22. Thetouch screen 22 is configured to display the parking information of thevehicle and provide the driver of the vehicle to select a near-endpayment method for the parking fee of the vehicle. The near-end paymentmethod is as described above, and no redundant detail is to be givenherein.

The wireless networking circuit 25 is connected to the centralprocessing unit 22. The wireless networking circuit 25 is configured toregularly upload the parking information of the vehicle and the statusinformation of the smart street parking meter 2 to the smart cloudparking management server 3 through the wireless networking technology 4to record the parking information of the vehicle and the statusinformation of the smart street parking meter 2. The wireless networkingcircuit 25 uploads the parking information of the vehicle and the statusinformation of the smart street parking meter 2 periodically, such as 30seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes, or 10 minutes. The smart street parkingmeter 2 can adjust the upload period or frequency according to thestatus information of the smart street parking meter 2, and the presentinvention does not limit the upload period or frequency. The parkinginformation of the vehicle and the status information of the smartstreet parking meter 2 are as described above, and no redundant detailis to be given herein.

The power supply circuit 26 is connected to and configured to providepower to the integrated artificial intelligence identification module21, the central processing unit 22, the near-end payment circuit 23, thetouch screen 24 and the wireless networking circuit 25. The power supplycircuit 26 includes an AC-DC conversion circuit 261 and a rechargeablebattery 262. The AC-DC conversion circuit 261 is connected to therechargeable battery 262 and configured to charge the rechargeablebattery 262 and provide power to the smart street parking meter 2.Alternatively, the AC-DC conversion circuit 261 is connected to therechargeable battery 262 to recharge the rechargeable battery 262, andthen the rechargeable battery 262 provides power to the smart streetparking meter 2.

In an embodiment, the smart street parking meter 2 is switched from anoperating mode to a sleep mode to save the power of the rechargeablebattery 262 when the central processing unit 22 determines that novehicle is parked on the street parking grid within a specific time. Theaforementioned specific time can be an interval of 30 seconds, 1 minute,5 minutes, or 10 minutes. The smart street parking meter 2 can adjustthe aforementioned specific time to switch to the sleep mode from theoperating mode according to the status information of this smart streetparking meter 2, so the present invention does not limit the length ofthe aforementioned specific time. In the sleep mode, the integratedartificial intelligence recognition module 21 of the smart streetparking meter 2 is in a working state to continuously detect whetherthere is a vehicle parked on the street parking grid, and meanwhile thecentral processing unit 22, the near-end payment circuit 23, the touchscreen 24 and the wireless networking circuit 25 of the smart streetparking meter 2 are in a sleep state to save power. The smart streetparking meter 2 returns from the sleep mode to the operating mode whenthe integrated artificial intelligence recognition module 21 detectsthat there is a vehicle parked on the street parking grid. The centralprocessing unit 22 initializes the smart street parking meter 2 to startto identify the plate number of the vehicle, calculate the parking timeof the vehicle, calculate the parking fee of the vehicle, and alsodetect whether the battery status of the rechargeable battery 262 of thepower supply circuit 26 is sufficient to supply power to the smartstreet parking meter 2. When determining that the battery status of therechargeable battery 262 of the power supply circuit 26 is insufficientto supply power to the smart street parking meter 2, the centralprocessing unit 22 uploads the status information indicating that thebattery status of the rechargeable battery 262 of the power supplycircuit 26 is poor to the smart cloud parking management server 3through the wireless networking circuit 25, and the smart cloud parkingmanagement server 3 notifies maintenance personnel to performmaintenance, repair, replacement, etc. of this smart street parkingmeter 2.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a smart street parking fee payment methodaccording to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the smart street parking fee payment method provided by an embodimentof the present invention is applicable to the smart street parkingmanagement system 1 including at least one smart street parking meter 2and a smart cloud parking management server 3. The smart street parkingfee payment method includes the following steps: determining that thereis a vehicle parked on a street parking grid and returning the at leastone smart street parking meter from a sleep mode to an operating mode(S101); configuring an integrated artificial intelligence recognitionmodule to identify the completion of a parking action (S102);initializing the at least one smart street parking meter (S103);identifying a plate number of the vehicle parked on the street parkinggrid (S105); calculate a parking time of the vehicle parked on thestreet parking grid (S107); determining that the vehicle leaves thestreet parking grid (S109); converting the parking time of the vehicleto a parking fee for the vehicle (S111); determining whether the parkingfee of the vehicle has been paid through a near-end payment method anduploading the plate number of the vehicle, the parking fee of thevehicle, and a payment status of the parking fee of the vehicle (S113);determining whether there is a vehicle parked on the street parkinggrid, so that the at least one smart street parking meter is switchedfrom the operating mode to the sleep mode (S115); and paying the parkingfee through a remote payment method of a smart handheld device of thedriver of the vehicle (S117). It is to be noted that steps S109 and S111can be interchanged with each other according to actual operatingconditions. For example, the driver of the vehicle may pay the parkingfee first and then drive the vehicle away from the street parking grid,or drive the vehicle away from the street parking grid first and thenpay the parking fee. That is, steps S109 and S111 may be interchangedwith each other according to actual operating conditions, and thepresent invention does not limit the order of steps S109 and S111.

In step S101, the integrated artificial intelligence recognition module21 determines that a vehicle is parked on the street parking grid andswitches the at least one smart street parking meter 2 from the sleepmode to the operating mode.

In step S102, the integrated artificial intelligence recognition module21 identifies the completion of a parking action of the vehicle parkedon the street parking grid.

In step S103, the central processing unit 22 initializes the at leastone smart street parking meter 2 and detects and determines whether thebattery status of the rechargeable battery 262 of the at least one smartstreet parking meter 2 is sufficient to supply power to the smart streetparking meter 2.

In step S105, the central processing unit 22 recognizes the plate numberof the vehicle parked on the street parking grid through the near-endpayment circuit 23. When the central processing unit 22 cannot recognizethe plate number of the vehicle parked on the street parking gridthrough the near-end payment circuit 23, the central processing unit 22uploads the park information indicating that the plate number of thevehicle parked on the street parking grid cannot be recognized to thesmart cloud parking management server 3 through the wireless networkingcircuit 25, and the smart cloud parking management server 3 thennotifies inspectors to calculate the parking time and parking fee of thevehicle parked on the street parking grid.

In step S107, the central processing unit 22 calculates a parking timefrom when the vehicle is parked on the street parking grid to when thevehicle leaves the street parking grid.

In step S109, the central processing unit 22 determines that the vehicleleaves the street parking grid through the integrated artificialintelligence recognition module 21.

In step S111, the central processing unit 22 converts the parking timeof the vehicle into a parking fee for the vehicle.

In step S113, the smart street parking fee payment method goes to stepS115 when the central processing unit 22 determines that the driver ofthe vehicle has paid the parking fee of the vehicle through a near-endpayment method and uploads the plate number of the vehicle, the parkingfee of the vehicle, and a payment status of the parking fee of thevehicle through the wireless networking circuit 25. Alternatively, thesmart street parking fee payment method goes to step S117 when thecentral processing unit 22 determines that the driver of the vehicle hasnot paid the parking fee of the vehicle through the near-end paymentmethod and uploads the plate number of the vehicle, the parking fee ofthe vehicle, and a payment status of the parking fee of the vehiclethrough the wireless networking circuit 25.

In step S115, the at least one smart street parking meter 2 is switchedfrom the operating mode to the sleep mode when the central processingunit 22 determines that no vehicle is parked on the street parking grid.The smart street parking fee payment method goes to step S105 when it isdetermined that a vehicle is parked on the street parking grid.

In step S117, the parking fee of the vehicle is paid to the smart cloudparking management server 3 through the remote payment method of thedriver's smart handheld device 5. The remote payment method may includeany method that does not belong to the driver paying the parking fee ofthe vehicle parked on the street parking grid on the smart streetparking meter 2. Therefore, the present invention does not limit theremote payment method.

In summary, the smart street parking meter, the smart street parkingmanagement system and the smart street parking fee payment methodprovided in the embodiments of the present invention can effectivelyreduce the labor cost and errors caused by manual operation. Inaddition, by introducing the smart street parking management system andproviding the driver with an application, drivers can easily find streetparking grids and use electronic ticket multi-payment technology to payparking fees. As a result, some advantages such as the smart streetparking management system recording the vehicle information of vehiclesparked on the street parking grid and managing the status of the streetparking grids, reducing labor costs, assisting drivers to quickly searchfor parking spaces to reduce vehicle pollution, and providing driverswith multiple ways to pay parking fees to reduce payment time areachieved.

While the invention has been described in terms of what is presentlyconsidered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is tobe understood that the invention needs not be limited to the disclosedembodiment. On the contrary, it is intended to cover variousmodifications and similar arrangements included within the spirit andscope of the appended claims which are to be accorded with the broadestinterpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similarstructures.

What is claimed is:
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A smart street parking management system,comprising: at least one smart street parking meter, wherein each of thesmart street parking meter comprises an integrated artificialintelligence recognition module, a central processing unit, a near-endpayment circuit, a touch screen, a wireless networking circuit and apower supply circuit, the integrated artificial intelligence recognitionmodule is configured to detect a vehicle parked on at least one streetparking grid, the integrated artificial intelligence recognition modulecomprises a radar detection circuit, a lidar detection circuit and animage recognition circuit, wherein, the integrated artificialintelligence recognition module selects at least one of the radardetection circuit, the lidar detection circuit and the image recognitioncircuit to detect the vehicle parked on the at least one street parkinggrid, the central processing unit is connected to the integratedartificial intelligence recognition module and configured to calculate aparking time from when the vehicle is parked on the at least one streetparking grid to when the vehicle leaves the at least one street parkinggrid and convert the parking time of the vehicle into a parking fee ofthe vehicle, the near-end payment circuit is connected to the centralprocessing unit and configured to identify a plate number of the vehicleparked on the at least one street parking grid and pay the parking feefor the vehicle, the touch screen is connected to the central processingunit and configured to display parking information of the vehicle andprovide a driver of the vehicle to select a near-end payment method forthe parking fee of the vehicle, the wireless networking circuit isconnected to the central processing unit and configured to regularlyupload the parking information of the vehicle and status information ofthe smart street parking meter to a smart cloud parking managementserver through a wireless networking technology to record the parkinginformation of the vehicle and the status information of the smartstreet parking meter, and the power supply circuit is connected to andconfigured to provide power to the integrated artificial intelligenceidentification module, the central processing unit, the near-end paymentcircuit, the touch screen and the wireless networking circuit; the smartcloud parking management server, connected to the at least one smartstreet parking meter through the wireless networking technology andconfigured to regularly receive the parking information of the vehicleparked on the at least one smart street parking grid and the statusinformation of the at least one smart street parking meter uploaded bythe at least one smart street parking meter to record the parkinginformation of the vehicle and the status information of the at leastone smart street parking meter; and at least one smart handheld device,connected to the smart cloud parking management server through anapplication; wherein the status information of the at least one smartstreet parking meter comprises an empty-space status of the at least onestreet parking grid detected by the at least one smart street parkingmeter and a battery status of a rechargeable battery of the at least onesmart street parking meter; wherein the parking information of thevehicle comprises the plate number of the vehicle, the parking fee ofthe vehicle, and a payment status of the parking fee of the vehicle;wherein the driver of the vehicle pays the parking fee of the vehiclethrough a remote payment method through the at least one smart handhelddevice; wherein the driver of the vehicle queries the empty-space statusof the at least one street parking grid detect by the at least one smartstreet parking meter through the at least one smart handheld device. 2.A smart street parking fee payment method applicable to a smart streetparking management system, wherein the smart street parking managementsystem comprises at least one smart street parking meter and a smartcloud parking management server, wherein each of the smart streetparking meter comprises an integrated artificial intelligencerecognition module, a central processing unit, a near-end paymentcircuit, a touch screen, a wireless networking circuit and a powersupply circuit, the integrated artificial intelligence recognitionmodule is configured to detect a vehicle parked on at least one streetparking grid, the integrated artificial intelligence recognition modulecomprises a radar detection circuit, a lidar detection circuit and animage recognition circuit, wherein, the integrated artificialintelligence recognition module selects at least one of the radardetection circuit, the lidar detection circuit and the image recognitioncircuit to detect the vehicle parked on the at least one street parkinggrid, the central processing unit is connected to the integratedartificial intelligence recognition module and configured to calculate aparking time from when the vehicle is parked on the at least one streetparking grid to when the vehicle leaves the at least one street parkinggrid and convert the parking time of the vehicle into a parking fee ofthe vehicle, the near-end payment circuit is connected to the centralprocessing unit and configured to identify a plate number of the vehicleparked on the at least one street parking grid and pay the parking feefor the vehicle, the touch screen is connected to the central processingunit and configured to display parking information of the vehicle andprovide a driver of the vehicle to select a near-end payment method forthe parking fee of the vehicle, the wireless networking circuit isconnected to the central processing unit and configured to regularlyupload the parking information of the vehicle and status information ofthe smart street parking meter to a smart cloud parking managementserver through a wireless networking technology to record the parkinginformation of the vehicle and the status information of the smartstreet parking meter, and the power supply circuit is connected to andconfigured to provide power to the integrated artificial intelligenceidentification module, the central processing unit, the near-end paymentcircuit, the touch screen and the wireless networking circuit, the smartcloud parking management server is connected to the at least one smartstreet parking meter through the wireless networking technology andconfigured to regularly receive the parking information of the vehicleparked on the at least one smart street parking meter and the statusinformation of the at least one smart street parking meter uploaded bythe at least one smart street parking meter to record the parkinginformation of the vehicle and the status information of the at leastone smart street parking meter, the status information of the at leastone smart street parking meter comprises an empty-space status of the atleast one street parking grid detected by the at least one smart streetparking meter and a battery status of a rechargeable battery of the atleast one smart street parking meter, the parking information of thevehicle comprises the plate number of the vehicle, the parking fee ofthe vehicle, and a payment status of the parking fee of the vehicle, andthe smart street parking fee payment method comprises steps of:determining that the vehicle is parked on the at least one streetparking grid and switching the at least one smart street parking meterfrom a sleep mode to an operating mode; initializing the at least onesmart street parking meter; identifying the plate number of the vehicleparked on the at least one the street parking grid; calculating theparking time of the vehicle parked on the at least one the streetparking grid; determining that the vehicle leaves the at the least onestreet parking grid; converting the parking time of the vehicle into theparking fee for the vehicle; determining that the parking fee for thevehicle has been paid through the near-end payment method and uploadingthe plate number of the vehicle, the parking fee for the vehicle, andthe payment status of the parking fee for the vehicle; and switching theat least one smart street parking meter to the sleep mode from theoperating mode when it is determined that no vehicle is parked on the atleast one street parking grid.
 3. The smart street parking fee paymentmethod according to claim 2, further comprising steps of: determiningthat the parking fee for the vehicle has not been paid and uploading theplate number of the vehicle, the parking fee for the vehicle, and thepayment status of the parking fee for the vehicle; and paying theparking fee for the vehicle through a remote payment method of a smarthandheld device of the driver of the vehicle.
 4. The smart streetparking fee payment method according to claim 3, wherein the driver ofthe vehicle queries an empty-space status of the at least one streetparking grid detect by the at least one smart street parking meterthrough the smart handheld device.
 5. The smart street parking feepayment method according to claim 2, wherein the step of initializingthe at least one smart street parking meter further comprises a step of:detecting the battery status of the rechargeable battery of the at leastone smart street parking meter.
 6. The smart street parking managementsystem according to claim 1, wherein the power supply circuit comprisesan AC-DC conversion circuit and a rechargeable battery, and the AC-DCconversion circuit is connected to the rechargeable battery to chargethe rechargeable battery and provide power to the smart street parkingmeter.
 7. The smart street parking management system according to claim1, wherein when the central processing unit determines that no vehicleis parked on the at least one street parking grid, the smart streetparking meter is switched from an operating mode to a sleep mode and theintegrated artificial intelligence recognition module continuouslydetects whether there is a vehicle parked on the at least one streetparking grid.
 8. The smart street parking management system according toclaim 7, wherein when the integrated artificial intelligence recognitionmodule detects that the vehicle is parked on the at least one streetparking grid, the smart street parking meter is switched from the sleepmode to the operating mode and the central processing unit initializesthe smart street parking meter.
 9. The smart street parking managementsystem according to claim 8, wherein the central processing unitinitializing the smart street parking meter comprises the centralprocessing unit detecting whether a battery status of a rechargeablebattery of the power supply circuit is sufficient to supply power to thesmart street parking meter.